Children are among 10 people killed as a fire rips through a wooden beach resort in Bangladesh

The blaze broke out on Saturday morning at Tuptup Resto and Resort in Inani, Cox's Bazar district, a coastal spot near the Bay of Bengal that is popular with domestic tourists. Flames tore through the three-storey wooden building at speed. Four more people were injured. Syed Mohammad Morshed Hossain of the district's Fire Service and Civil Defense confirmed the toll.

Officials confirmed children were among the dead but gave no further details.

The cause of the deadly fire is still not known.